What is recorded here

Fulacht fia in Shancarrigeen OR Oldrock is a fulacht fia in Shancarrigeen OR Oldrock, County Sligo, Ireland. It appears as a large prominent circular mound measuring 16.3 metres north to south and 17 metres east to west, rising one metre at the north and half a metre at the south. The mound contains heat-shattered stones and dark soil on the southwest edge of wet ground covered with rushes. Another possible fulacht fia lies twelve metres to the north-northeast.

In pasture, on the SW edge of a flat expanse of wet ground covered with rushes. A large prominent circular mound (16.3m N-S; 17m E-W; H 1m at N, 0.5m at S) of heat-shattered stones and dark soil. Another possible fulacht fia (SL039-158002-) lies 12m to NNE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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